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539 BC

The year 539 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 215 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 539 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Near East

  • September 25–28? – Battle of Opis: Troops of the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great decisively defeat those of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
  • October 7 – Achaemenid troops under Gobryas enter Babylon unopposed. On October 29 Cyrus enters the city. Incorporating the Neo-Babylonian Empire into the Achaemenid Empire makes the latter into the largest in the history of the world up until that point.

    • Deaths

  • Nabonidus, last king of Babylon
  • Belshazzar, co-regent of Babylon

    • References

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